Monday, February 16, 2015

Egypt bombs Islamic State in Libya

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.

State TV in Egypt said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas.

Islamic State expert Dr Natasha Underhill says the murders show how much IS is expanding into North Africa. 


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Dr Natacha Underhill, an expert on Islamist terrorism at the Nottingham Trent university, says Egypt had made it clear it would hit back hard if its citizens were killed.


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Islamic State expert Dr Natacha Underhill says Libya is in such chaos, it's hard to judge how much power Islamist militants actually hold there.


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Australia signals citizenship crackdown

Australia's federal government is reportedly considering suspending the citizenship of anyone involved in terrorism or revoking the citizenship of dual nationals.
Arthur Stevens has more from Melbourne

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Australian PM continues to call for clemency for Chan and Sukamaran

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australia can't engage in "machismo" with Indonesia over the execution of the Bali Nine ringleaders.
Arthur Stevens reports from Melbourne

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Greece crisis talks: An Interview with Syriza's top economist

Officials involved in crisis talks between Greece and international creditors say slow progress is being on a deal to save Greece from leaving the eurozone when its bailout expires in March.

Monday crunch talks in Brussels between euro area finance ministers are trying to reconcile the demands of Greece's new leftist government for a 6 month extension but with fewer austerity measures...

The Eurozone's biggest lender Germany has been the most vocally opposed to bending the rules, though countries like France and Italy have expressed support for so-called 'bridge financing' while all sides work out a longer-term plan.

Greece has more than 320 billion euros in debt, mostly in the form of bailout loans from the euro area and the International Monetary Fund.

A pledge to write down half the country's debt helped Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his anti-austerity Syriza party win last month's elections in Greece, but have already had to water down their demands after stark opposition from eurozone countries.

Tsipras told a German magazine over the weekend that Monday's talks would be difficult, but that he was confident all sides would find an agreement.

That optimism was shared by John Milios, the chief economist of his leftist party Syriza, who spoke to our correspondent Sandra Gathmann ahead of the meeting.

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US unveils new rules for drones

The U.S. government has unveiled proposed regulations for flights of unmanned aerial vehicles - aka drones.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued one set of rules to address personal & company use of drones while the White House has laid out regulations on government use.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Young female suicide bomber kills scores in North Eastern Nigeria

INTRO:  At least 16 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a busy bus terminal in the city of Damaturu in Yobe State in North Eastern Nigeria. Police say the suicide bomber was a young girl and it's believed she may have been recruited by Boko Haram extremists. Elections scheduled for this weekend were earlier postponed due to fears that voters would not be safe. Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon have committed military forces to destroy Boko Haram. Gary Alfonso reports ... 

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Wall Street balances domestic data with global concerns

In US financial news, the minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting, factory production and the construction of new homes will all come under the spotlight in the week ahead.

Wall Street had a turbulent last week as global concerns weighed on the markets.

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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White House Holds International Terror Summit to Counter Extremism

The White House will host a summit on countering violent extremism this week.

The issue has become a priority around the word following acts of terrorism, most recently the attacks
in Paris.

Robert McMahon from the Council on Foreign Relations says a number of nations are expected to gather in Washington DC in search of counter-narrative to the likes of ISIS...

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Reports of ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine just hours after it starts

Ukraine's military and Russian backed militants have accused each other of violating a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine just hours after it came into effect.


Hope has been expressed that the ceasefire could be a first step in implementing a longer term peace plan.


Tom Barton reports.


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Friday, February 13, 2015

Obama Calls for Public-Private Cooperation at Cyber-Security Summit (WRAP)




U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive action directing companies and the US government to share intelligence about hacking threats.
He made the keynote speech at the first ever White House Summit on Cyber-Security  and Consumer Protection .

Rachel Silverman is attending the summit  at Stanford University in Palo Alto California.

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Obama pushes renewed cyber security effort at first ever summit

U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting the country's first-ever cyber security summit at Stanford University in California.

The event is part of a renewed effort to protect consumers and thwart hack attacks such as the one on Sony Pictures, which cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars every year.

Some Silicon Valley companies have been reluctant to give full support to cybersecurity bills before government surveillance practices have been reformed.

The CEOs of Facebook, Yahoo and Google did not attend.

President Obama said cybersecurity poses one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century and is a matter of economic and national security.

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President Obama announced an executive action directing companies and government to share intelligence about hacking threats.

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Obama calls slaying of Muslim students in North Carolina "brutal and outrageous"

US President Barack Obama has stepped into the debate over whether three Muslim students, killed in North Carolina earlier this week, were victims of a hate crime.


In a statement, he's pledged an inquiry to find out whether the 3 students were targeted because of their faith.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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President Obama Orders Tech Cooperation on Cyber Security

President Obama has announced plans to sign an executive order urging companies to share cybersecurity – threat information with one another and the federal government.

The order comes as the White House kicks off a summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University.

Rachel Silverman reports on the summit from Stanford...

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Chad hunting Boko Haram attackers

INTRO: Soldiers from Chad in West Africa have launched a hunt for Boko Haram insurgents who attacked and killed at least 10 villagers in a town next to Lake Chad. The insurgents apparently attacked the village out of retaliation for Chad's participation in attacks against Boko Haram strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria. An African Union endorsed force of 7500 soldiers from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin has started forming to prevent Boko Haram extremists from forming an Islamic State in the region. Gary Alfonso reports ... 

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Germany, Italy evacuate embassies in Yemen

The governments of Germany and Italy have evacuated their embassies in Yemen due to security concerns. 

Members of the Shi'ite Houthi militia have moved to consolidate power in recent days, creating an increasingly chaotic situation.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Technology companies wary over US government demands for more data

The US government wants technology firms to hand over more information to security services in the name of tackling cyber-crime.
The issue has come to prominence recently with several major data hacks, including of a major healthcare company.
President Obama is in Silicon Valley to meet industry leaders on the subject, but as John Clarke reports, many businesses and privacy advocates are opposed to such measures.

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Federal judge orders Alabama county to issue same-sex marriage licenses

A U.S. federal judge has ordered a county in Alabama state to follow the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The issue has been confused after Alabama's top state judge said the federal ruling does not apply locally.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Scientists warn "mega-droughts" to come in the US

Parts of the central and southwest United States may be on track for the biggest drought in over 1,000 years, according to a new study.

Scientists say greenhouse gases and global warming will cause severe droughts between 2050 and 2100.

Our US correspondent Rebecca Foster has more.

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Two Saudi women arrested for driving released

Two Saudi women detained for driving were released on Friday, after more than 70 days in custody. 

One was arrested while campaigning for the kingdom's ban on women driving to be lifted - the other was detained when she went to help her friend.

Elena Casas reports.


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Colombia's FARC say they will not recruit children

Colombian guerrilla group the FARC, also known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, announced that they are increasing the minimum age for recruits from 15 to 17 years.

A FARC spokesperson denied that they had a forced recruitment policy, and added that many young people had joining them of their own free will. 

Andrea Arenas reports. 

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